ipcpd: Add multithreading to Ethernet IPCP

This adds multiple reader and writer threads, configurabe via cmake
with IPCP_ETH_RD_THR and IPCP_ETH_WR_THR. Improves ethernet IPCP
throughput, which looks to be limited by the raw socket calls.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders <[email protected]>

2 files changed, 61 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/src/ipcpd/eth/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ipcpd/eth/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b8d1a77..7bad6ac0 100644
--- a/src/ipcpd/eth/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ipcpd/eth/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ endif ()
 if (HAVE_ETH)
   message(STATUS "Supported raw packet API found, building eth-llc and eth-dix")
 
+  set(IPCP_ETH_RD_THR 3 CACHE STRING
+    "Number of reader threads in Ethernet IPCP")
+  set(IPCP_ETH_WR_THR 3 CACHE STRING
+    "Number of writer threads in Ethernet IPCP")
+
   set(ETH_LLC_SOURCES
     # Add source files here
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/llc.c
diff --git a/src/ipcpd/eth/eth.c b/src/ipcpd/eth/eth.c
index 04debfd1..af34f68e 100644
--- a/src/ipcpd/eth/eth.c
+++ b/src/ipcpd/eth/eth.c
@@ -215,11 +215,10 @@ struct {
 #endif
         struct ef *        fd_to_ef;
         fset_t *           np1_flows;
-        fqueue_t *         fq;
         pthread_rwlock_t   flows_lock;
 
-        pthread_t          sdu_writer;
-        pthread_t          sdu_reader;
+        pthread_t          sdu_writer[IPCP_ETH_WR_THR];
+        pthread_t          sdu_reader[IPCP_ETH_RD_THR];
 
 #ifdef __linux__
         pthread_t          if_monitor;
@@ -260,10 +259,6 @@ static int eth_data_init(void)
         if (eth_data.np1_flows == NULL)
                 goto fail_np1_flows;
 
-        eth_data.fq = fqueue_create();
-        if (eth_data.fq == NULL)
-                goto fail_fq;
-
         for (i = 0; i < SYS_MAX_FLOWS; ++i) {
 #if defined(BUILD_ETH_DIX)
                 eth_data.fd_to_ef[i].r_eid = -1;
@@ -311,8 +306,6 @@ static int eth_data_init(void)
  fail_flows_lock:
         shim_data_destroy(eth_data.shim_data);
  fail_shim_data:
-        fqueue_destroy(eth_data.fq);
- fail_fq:
         fset_destroy(eth_data.np1_flows);
  fail_np1_flows:
 #ifdef BUILD_ETH_LLC
@@ -339,7 +332,6 @@ static void eth_data_fini(void)
         pthread_mutex_destroy(&eth_data.mgmt_lock);
         pthread_rwlock_destroy(&eth_data.flows_lock);
         shim_data_destroy(eth_data.shim_data);
-        fqueue_destroy(eth_data.fq);
         fset_destroy(eth_data.np1_flows);
 #ifdef BUILD_ETH_LLC
         bmp_destroy(eth_data.saps);
@@ -964,6 +956,11 @@ static void * eth_ipcp_sdu_reader(void * o)
         return (void *) 0;
 }
 
+static void cleanup_writer(void * o)
+{
+        fqueue_destroy((fqueue_t *) o);
+}
+
 static void * eth_ipcp_sdu_writer(void * o)
 {
         int                  fd;
@@ -977,15 +974,22 @@ static void * eth_ipcp_sdu_writer(void * o)
 #endif
         uint8_t              r_addr[MAC_SIZE];
 
+        fqueue_t *           fq;
+
+        fq = fqueue_create();
+        if (fq == NULL)
+                return (void *) -1;
+
         (void) o;
 
+        pthread_cleanup_push(cleanup_writer, fq);
+
         ipcp_lock_to_core();
 
         while (true) {
-                fevent(eth_data.np1_flows, eth_data.fq, NULL);
-
+                fevent(eth_data.np1_flows, fq, NULL);
                 pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&eth_data.flows_lock);
-                while ((fd = fqueue_next(eth_data.fq)) >= 0) {
+                while ((fd = fqueue_next(fq)) >= 0) {
                         if (ipcp_flow_read(fd, &sdb)) {
                                 log_dbg("Bad read from fd %d.", fd);
                                 continue;
@@ -1021,6 +1025,8 @@ static void * eth_ipcp_sdu_writer(void * o)
                 pthread_rwlock_unlock(&eth_data.flows_lock);
         }
 
+        pthread_cleanup_pop(true);
+
         return (void *) 1;
 }
 
@@ -1382,20 +1388,24 @@ static int eth_ipcp_bootstrap(const struct ipcp_config * conf)
                 goto fail_mgmt_handler;
         }
 
-        if (pthread_create(&eth_data.sdu_reader,
-                           NULL,
-                           eth_ipcp_sdu_reader,
-                           NULL)) {
-                ipcp_set_state(IPCP_INIT);
-                goto fail_sdu_reader;
+        for (idx = 0; idx < IPCP_ETH_RD_THR; ++idx) {
+                if (pthread_create(&eth_data.sdu_reader[idx],
+                                   NULL,
+                                   eth_ipcp_sdu_reader,
+                                   NULL)) {
+                        ipcp_set_state(IPCP_INIT);
+                        goto fail_sdu_reader;
+                }
         }
 
-        if (pthread_create(&eth_data.sdu_writer,
-                           NULL,
-                           eth_ipcp_sdu_writer,
-                           NULL)) {
-                ipcp_set_state(IPCP_INIT);
-                goto fail_sdu_writer;
+        for (idx = 0; idx < IPCP_ETH_WR_THR; ++idx) {
+                if (pthread_create(&eth_data.sdu_writer[idx],
+                                   NULL,
+                                   eth_ipcp_sdu_writer,
+                                   NULL)) {
+                        ipcp_set_state(IPCP_INIT);
+                        goto fail_sdu_writer;
+                }
         }
 
 #if defined(BUILD_ETH_DIX)
@@ -1409,9 +1419,16 @@ static int eth_ipcp_bootstrap(const struct ipcp_config * conf)
         return 0;
 
  fail_sdu_writer:
-        pthread_cancel(eth_data.sdu_reader);
-        pthread_join(eth_data.sdu_reader, NULL);
+        while (idx > 0) {
+                pthread_cancel(eth_data.sdu_writer[--idx]);
+                pthread_join(eth_data.sdu_writer[idx], NULL);
+        }
+        idx = IPCP_ETH_RD_THR;
  fail_sdu_reader:
+        while (idx > 0) {
+                pthread_cancel(eth_data.sdu_reader[--idx]);
+                pthread_join(eth_data.sdu_reader[idx], NULL);
+        }
         pthread_cancel(eth_data.mgmt_handler);
         pthread_join(eth_data.mgmt_handler, NULL);
  fail_mgmt_handler:
@@ -1697,6 +1714,8 @@ static struct ipcp_ops eth_ops = {
 int main(int    argc,
          char * argv[])
 {
+        int i;
+
         if (ipcp_init(argc, argv, &eth_ops) < 0)
                 goto fail_init;
 
@@ -1723,14 +1742,20 @@ int main(int    argc,
         ipcp_shutdown();
 
         if (ipcp_get_state() == IPCP_SHUTDOWN) {
-                pthread_cancel(eth_data.sdu_writer);
-                pthread_cancel(eth_data.sdu_reader);
+                for (i = 0; i < IPCP_ETH_WR_THR; ++i)
+                        pthread_cancel(eth_data.sdu_writer[i]);
+                for (i = 0; i < IPCP_ETH_RD_THR; ++i)
+                        pthread_cancel(eth_data.sdu_reader[i]);
+
                 pthread_cancel(eth_data.mgmt_handler);
 #ifdef __linux__
                 pthread_cancel(eth_data.if_monitor);
 #endif
-                pthread_join(eth_data.sdu_writer, NULL);
-                pthread_join(eth_data.sdu_reader, NULL);
+                for (i = 0; i < IPCP_ETH_WR_THR; ++i)
+                        pthread_join(eth_data.sdu_writer[i], NULL);
+                for (i = 0; i < IPCP_ETH_RD_THR; ++i)
+                        pthread_join(eth_data.sdu_reader[i], NULL);
+
                 pthread_join(eth_data.mgmt_handler, NULL);
 #ifdef __linux__
                 pthread_join(eth_data.if_monitor, NULL);